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My Saturday ride to the Hog Farm
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I can't say for sure what happened but it was a very warm morning and the vent tube may have been pinched off down through the battery box is only thing I can think of. The battery caps are non vented. Just turned over 100 mi. on the all newly built bike, the generator is rebuilt with a solid state relay. My friend was behind me and pulled me over because he thought I was leaking oil or something. He did hear pop or a bang and then got sprayed. I didn't fully realize what happened until I got the bike home.
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It actually happened kind of at the right time no matter how frustrating the lock down. I'd been sitting on a perfect 48 frame for many years, then found the 1950 engine with a Calif. pink slip in Dec. of 2019 and I was off to the races.
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The trans in the picture is a spare I had sitting around waiting for the frame to build up some day. As far as the battery exploding goes, I can only guess what caused it and best guess is the vent tube was pinched off. It was a really warm day and the oil tank got hot and the battery failed. Rocco got misted a little as he was behind me but I don't know how far. I've been going around the bike with a spray bottle of baking soda and distilled water to neutralize the acid and clean up the rear end of the machine.
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